Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

Ah, summer in the Northwest, when we enjoy those long, sun-drenched days. But on Tuesday, the Earth is set to record one of its shortest days on record. In this case, we are not talking about hours of ...

The speed of Earth’s rotation on its axis is increasing. The result of the increasing speed of Earth’s rotation has come in ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...

"Earth is expected to spin more quickly in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, July 22 and ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

NASA launches probe on historic mission to study the sun 02:38. On January 2, 2021, Earth is closer to the sun in its elliptical orbit than on any other day of the year, marking an annual event ...